What is it that makes the ideal English village? Firle in East Sussex is both unique and universal. First of all there is a pub and in no particular order come a school, a shop, a cricket pitch, a ...(Read More)

In the second half of the 20th century, fashion changed more rapidly and dramatically than at any other time in history. With more than 200 photographs culled from the archives of Press Association ...(Read More)

From the Dutch colonial and the New England salt box to the 1950s ranchers that covered the post–World War II landscape, this outstanding visual reference and guide describes some 100 different ...(Read More)

An enormously influential writer and critic in Australia's modernist art movement of the mid-20th century, as well as a co-founder (with George Bell) of the modernist Bell-Shore School of art, Arnold ...(Read More)

Born on the shores of Armenia's Lake Van, Arshile Gorky immigrated to the United States in 1920, where he became a forefather of the abstract expressionist movement; years before Pollock and ...(Read More)

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Chinese emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong presided over a renaissance of decorative arts in their nation. William Watson and Chuimei Ho delve into the ...(Read More)

When they were first seen in the West, the products of Asian craftsmen seemed not only exotic but also elegantly refined. The five volumes in this collection explore the origins and forms of some of ...(Read More)

Handsomely presented in a linen-slipcased, landscape-format edition, with 116 vividly reproduced color plates on heavy gloss stock, this album collects the important early work of America's great ...(Read More)

Captured in evocative chiaroscuro images by fashion photographer David Hughes, this book surveys British ball gowns of the past 60 years, including designs by Alexander McQueen, Bellville Sassoon, ...(Read More)

The deserts of Arabia stretch from Jordan to Yemen, an immense area that includes some of the most inhospitable landscapes on the planet. Civilization has barely encroached on this region, yet the ...(Read More)

Though Ben Shahn is best remembered for his powerful political murals and graphic images, during Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal he worked under the Farm Security Administration, observing and ...(Read More)